Mamun

Mamun

The full name of Mamun ma'm ū n is Abu Abas Abdallah Mamun bin Harun bin Muhammad bin Abdallah (Latinized: ab ū 'ABB ā s' Abd allahal Ma'm ū nbnh ā R ū nbnmu; ammadbn' Abd Allah, September 14, 786-august 9, 833), (reign of the caliph of the Arab Empire, 813-833).

Personage introduction

Mamun, a translator, is the seventh caliph of the Arabian Empire. He grew up in the days when the power of the Abbasid Dynasty was in full swing. His father, Harlan Rashid, was a great master in both literature and martial arts, which forced Nagong of Byzantine Empire to become a minister. In 809, Harlan Rashid died in the journey. Mamun and his brother Amin occupied the eastern and western parts of the Empire respectively, and staged a common battle of brotherhood in Eastern autocratic countries. Mamun took huloshan as the base, defeated Amin after four years of struggle, and became the ruler of the whole empire.

After he ascended the throne, Madeleine fadler, the general of Mamun faction, conquered Central Asia and established the rule of the Arab Empire in Central Asia again. In the era of Mamun, the Arab Empire was the undisputed number one power in the world at that time, and it was difficult to compare with Byzantine and Tang Dynasty in decline. However, the Empire of Mamun era also appeared some notes that were not in harmony with its heyday. For example, the increasing extravagance and waste of the court, and the outbreak of babek's "Red Army" uprising in 816 are considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Arab Empire.

Mamun's contribution to the world civilization mainly lies in the cultural and academic aspects. It launched the famous "hundred year translation movement" in Arab and world history, which made the Abbas culture and the whole Arab Islamic culture enter the heyday. The fanaticism of scholars and scholars reached the stage of his thirst for knowledge. He sent envoys to search for knowledge, classics and scholars galloping on the Empire's roads in all directions, covering Byzantine, Persia, India and other places. He asked scholars to translate Greek classics into Arabic, and paid the translators the same weight of gold (which is perhaps the most expensive contribution in the history of the world). As a result, many precious and long lost ancient Greek classics were revived. Later, these Greek classics were sent back to Europe and became a major source of knowledge of the Renaissance. Ma Meng himself has presided over academic conferences as a scholar and participated in the discussions.

Wisdom palace

It is worth mentioning that Mamun concentrated the academic treasures collected by several generations of caliphs in a grand academic center, called "wisdom palace". The wisdom palace integrates the functions of library management, scientific research, translation and education. Influenced by it, many imitations of the "wisdom palace" appeared in West Asia, North Africa and other places, such as the University of Cordoba in Spain, the University of Azhar in Cairo, etc. since the 12th century, the upsurge of establishing universities has become popular in Europe. Tracing back to the source, Mamun's wisdom museum is the residence First prize.

Reasons not included

Mamun was not included in the list of 100 emperors, mainly because the support of the Arab Empire for academic research was only out of the monarch's personal preference, which could be cut off at any time, and its influence in other aspects was not great. It was the basic national policy of the early Arab Empire to vigorously support academic culture. Muhammad had issued a call to "seek knowledge from the world", among which Mamun was the best and the initiator.